Improvement in card or ticket holders



S. STIEGLITZ. Card or Ticket Holder No. 213,306. Patented Mar. 18,1879.

NPETERS, PHOTO-UTHQGPAPHER. WASHINGTON D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIEGMUND STIEGLITZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

iMPROVEMENT IN CARD OR TICKET HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of LettcrsPatent No. 213,306, dated March 18, 1879; application filed November 25, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIEGMUND STIEGLITZ, of New York city, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Card or Ticket Holders, of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to provide an improved price mark or memorandum tag which may be self-attachable to the article of sale, such as textile fabrics, &c., without in- In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front eleva- Fig. 2 is a central tion of my improved tag. vertical section. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, and Fig. 4 is a rear elevation, thereof.

In the drawings, a represents the body of the tag or tag-holder, which is preferably made of thin sheet metal and of a square or oblong form, as shown. The side and bottom edges of the body a are turned over in front, forming guides I) for the edges of a removable card or tablet, c, of silica-slate, card-board, or other similar material, on which the price or other mark may be conveniently written. The front surface of the tag-body'is thus adapted as a socket to safely retain the price-card, and at the same time admit of the ready removal of the card for alteration or substitution of the mark when required.

The back of the body a is fitted with a spring-jaw, d, which presses toward the fiat surface of the back, and thus serves to firmly attach the tag to any article or fabric that may he slipped under the jaw.

The grasping end of the jaw is preferably swelled into an oval shape, as shown, to obtain a more extended gripe upon the article to which the tag may be attached, and a corre sponding oval opening, 6, is preferably formed through the center and back .of the socket or body a, through which the jaw presses itself gainst the back of the price-card, as best shown in Figs. 2 and 4, and this serves to hold the card more firmly in position, preventing its possible accidental misplacement, and also enables the jaw to obtain a better hold upon the fabric or article to which it may be attached, which thus becomes embedded in the opening and against the price-card, rendering the attachment more secure without injury to the texture of the fabric.

I prefer to form the body and jaw from one single piece of sheet metal, as shown, but the jaw may be formed separately and soldered or riveted on the back of the body.

The grasping end of the jaw and also the back of the body may be corrugated to obtain a better grasp, but itis not essential.

My improved self-attachable tag, as may be observed, thus presents the advantages of neatness, security, and convenience. pecially adapted to fine goods, such as silks, uc., which are often seriously injured in texture and appearance by the pins or other fastenings usually employed for attaching the marks thereto, and it constantly happens that handkerchiefs and other fine articles have their salable appearance seriously impaired by this means, which, as may be seen, is completely obviated by my invention.

It may also be seen that my tag is adapted for other purposes than for price-marks-such, for instance, as for checks for hat and cloak rooms and places of public resort. It may also be adapted for a stationary article, as a memorandum, tablet, or clip for attaching to papers on desk-files, &c.

That I claim is- 1 An improved self-attachable tag or ticket holder form ed of a metallic frame or plate, provided on the front side with a marginal socket adapted to hold a price-card at its edges and expose its face, and fitted on the rear side with a spring grasping-jaw adapted to attach the tag to the goods without puncturing or inj urin g the texture thereof, substantially as shown and described.

2. A metallic tag or tag-holder formed of one piece of sheet metal, having its front edges turned over to form guides to receive a pricecard, and with a prolongation extending from one end thereof, which is turned back upon itself to form a spring grasping-jaw for at It is estaching the tag to the goods, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. A tag-holder formed of a sheet-metalframe or plate, having its front adapted as a socket to receive a price-card, fitted with a graspingjaw upon its rear side, and formed with an opening through the said plate, into which the jaw projects, so as to hold the fabric to which k the tag is attached by pressing it into the said I SIEGMUN D STIEGLITZ.

Witnesses:

' SIGISMUND HEIDMEYER,

MosEs FLORSHEIM. 

